Soojee Moojee antedated to 1874

[Stephen Goranson]

The OED entry soogee-moogee has attestations (in several spellings) from 1882 (Soojee Moojee). Origin unknown.

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Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Friday, May 8, 1874; Issue 10721. p. 7 col. 4.

Yachts' and Ship' decks made as white as snow by applying "Soojee Moojee." Samples free. --Inglis, Clyde Place.

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The British Newspaper Archive teases with the following snippet:

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
Wed 27 Dec 1882 p.3
Tyne and Wear, England
ENTERTAINMENTS, &c., LAST NIGHT
3983 Words

    “ where Moojee and Soojee are talking of leaving the Celestial force, the finances of tbe country being iv such bad condition (to ... ?

Stephen Goranson
www.duke.edu/~goranson

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